pot

pot
    n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round
         and deep; often has a handle and lid
    2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
       {toilet}, {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty},
       {stool}, {throne}]
    3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: {pot}, {potful}]
    4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: {pot},
       {flowerpot}]
    5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
       "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
       "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
       winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
       plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
       {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal},
       {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint},
       {mountain}, {muckle}, {passel}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty},
       {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},
       {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}]
    6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
       [syn: {pot}, {jackpot}, {kitty}]
    7: slang for a paunch [syn: {pot}, {potbelly}, {bay window},
       {corporation}, {tummy}]
    8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an
       adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios
       and TV sets [syn: {potentiometer}, {pot}]
    9: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
       goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke},
       {skunk}, {locoweed}, {Mary Jane}]
    v 1: plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
    

Pot \Pot\, v. i.
   1. To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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            It is less labor to plow than to pot it. --Feltham.
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   2. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.
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Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,
   Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
   1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a
      great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables,
      for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a
      flower pot; a bean pot.
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   2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
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   3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of
      ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." --De Foe.
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   4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top
      of a chimney; a chimney pot.
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   5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
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   6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
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   7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.
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   8. A size of paper. See {Pott}.
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   9. marijuana. [slang]
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   10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing
       or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse
       heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang]
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   11. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps
       in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also {pot
       helmet}.
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   12. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the
       pool.
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   {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}.

   {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}.

   {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking.

   {Pot hanger}, a pothook.

   {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are
      boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,
      and many others.

   {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will
      help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for
      the table or for the market.

   {Pot metal}.
       (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different
           from common pig iron.
       (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large
           vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.
       (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are
           incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
           --Knight.

   {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the
      monkey-pot.

   {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria.

   {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of
      usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.
      Saxe.
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Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Potting}.]
   1. To place or inclose in pots; as:
      (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. "Potted fowl and fish."
          --Dryden.
      (b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or
          bulbs.
      (c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the
          cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having
          perforated heads, through which the molasses drains
          off. --B. Edwards.
      (d) (Billiards) To pocket.
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   2. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a
      pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.

            When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees,
            and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue
            it with dogs and pot it when treed.   --Encyc. of
                                                  Sport.
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   3. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.]
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Consolation game \Con`so*la"tion game\, match \match\, pot
\pot\, race \race\, etc.
   A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of
   contests.
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      retimber, riddle, roach, roaster, roll, rumen, sack, samovar,
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      strike, swagbelly, take a potshot, tank, tea, tea urn, teakettle,
      teapot, third stomach, thousands, throw, tidy sum, tiger, tile,
      tiling, tin, toaster, torpedo, tranquilizer, transplant, trophy,
      tum-tum, tummy, turn a pot, underbelly, urn, vase, ventripotence,
      wad, wads, wager, water closet, weed, whole slew, wreath